Bridgeport News: Sexual Assault Arrest

On 4/5/2016 at 0630 hours, members of the Bridgeport Police Department Detective Bureau served an arrest warrant on Alfonzo Reid at his residence located at 128 Scofield Avenue Bridgeport, CT. Reid was taken into custody without incident and charged with Sexual Assault 1st Degree. The arrest of Reid is the result of  an investigation by this agency regarding the sexual assault of a Sacred Heart University student on 3/30/2016, where Reid is alleged to have taken the 19 year old female victim to his home where he sexually assaulted her.

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CHILD CARE WORKERS, PARENTS TO DEMAND QUALITY, AFFORDABLE CHILD CARE FOR ALL–Fight for $15

#Hartford, CT.  – On Thursday, April 7, Hartford child care workers and parents in the Fight for $15 will gather at Mt. Olive Child Care Center and call on elected leaders to invest in affordable, quality child care and strong workforce. U.S. Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro will then join the workers in a roundtable discussion on Connecticut’s child care system.   A new report by the Economic Policy Institute released this week found that a national investment that caps families’ child care expenditures at 10 percent of their income could help more women join and stay in the workforce, boosting national GDP by about $210 billion and putting $3B into Connecticut’s economy . This is a state where barely one-third of parents…

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Video Of Tonight’s Vehicle Fire

10:58pm--#Bridgeport Connecticut--Police on patrol discovered a car fire at the M&F Auto Body Shop on North Avenue and called the fire department.  Within  minutes of the firefighters arrival they quickly had the fire extinguished as with most car fires.   You can see that trash was pushed under the fencing to start the blaze.   The intersection was closed for a short amount of time but it caused no delays in the area.

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Video: Lost Restaurants of Fairfield discussed at the Fairfield Public Library

There was a walk down memory lane at the Fairfield Public Library with author Patti Woods as she presented her book “Lost Restaurants of Fairfield” as  part of the What’s Cooking Series at the Main Library, 1080 Old Post Road recently.  In this nostalgic book, Patti describes the bygone eateries and watering holes in Fairfield.  The book can be purchased at The Fairfield University Bookstore at 1073 N Benson Road in town.  Here is a snippet of the fun: &

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